The Brookhaven leader., 1887-09-08

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sisters played. o, II you would gather up
all tender memories, and the lights and
shades Of the heart, all banquetings and
reunions, all flial, fraternal, paternal and
conjugal affections, and you had only just
four letters with which to spell out that
height and depth, and length, and breadth,
and magnitude, and eternity Of meaning,
you would, with streaming eyes, and
trembling voices, and agitated hand, write
1t out in those four living capitals. home.
! W hat right does woman want that i
grander than to be queen in such a realm:
! why, the eagles Of Heaven can not nv
across that dominion. Horses, painting
and with lathered fanks. are not swift
enough TO run to the outpost of that realm.
! They say that the sun never sets upon the
English empire; but have 70 tell YOU that
on this realm of woman's influence eternity
never marks any bound. Isabella fled
from the Spanish throne pursued by the
nations anathema but she who i queen
in a home will never lose her throne, AMI
death itself will only be the annexation of
/ heavenly principalities.
| When you want to get your grandest
! Idea Of queen, you do not think Of Cath
crime Of Russia, or Anne Of England, or
. Marie Theresa of Germany; but when
you want to get your grandest
idea Of queen, you think Of
the plain woman who sat
opposite Your father al the table, or walked
with him arm in arm down life's pathway;
sometimes to the thanks giving banquet,
sometimes TO the grave, but always to-
gether-soothing your petty griefs, cor.
recting your childish wayw ardne>s, join
ing in your infantile sports, listening to
iTn.g f.,Ili FOR
needle or at the spinning wheel, and on
cold nights wrapping you up snug and
warm. And then at last on that day hen
she lay in tue back room dying, and you
saw her take those thin hands with which
she toled for you SO long, and put them to-
gether in dying prayer that commended
you TO the God whom she taught you to
trust-O, she was the queen. The chariots
of tod came down to fetch her; and as she
went in all heaven rose up. Non can not
think Of her now without rush of tender
ness that stirs the deep foundations Of
your soul, and you feel as
much child again as when you
cried on her lap; and il YOU could bring
her back again to speak just once more
your name, tendery she used to
speak it, You would be willing to throw
yourself on the ground and kiss the sod
that covers her, crying, Mother
mother" All, she as the queen-she was
the queen. Now, can you tell HE how
many Thousand miles woman like that
would have to travel down before she got
to the ballot-boxI Compared with this
work of training kings and queens for
| God and eternity, how insignificant
seems all this work of voting for aldermen,
and common councilmeu, and sheriffs, and
constables, and mayors, and presidents.
! To make such a grand woman as | have
described, how many thousands
would You want Of those people
who go in the round of godles1ness, and
fashion, and dissipation, tlistorting
their body until in their Inon.troS-
| tiles they seem to Guido the dromedary
and hippopotamus! going far toward
dlsgracefu apparel as they dare 90, so as
not to be arrested of the poice-fheir be-
hayiour "a sorrow to the good aud car.
| feature of the vicious, and an insult TO
that God who made them women and not
! gorgons; and tramping on, down through
frivolous and disSipated life, to temporal
and eternal damnation.
o, woman, with the lightning Of yoar
| SOUL strike dead at your feet all th-se al
| lurements to dissipation and to fashion.
Your immortal soul can not he fed upon
such garbage. God calls you up to empire
and dominion win you have it? o, give
to God your heart give to God Your best
energies; give 10 God all Your culture, give
to God all your refinement: give Yourself
to him for this world and the next
Soon all these bright eyes viii be
quenched, and these voices " i'll ice hu>hed.
For the last time you will Look upon this
fair earth. Fathers hand, mothers hand,
sisters hand, child's hand will he no IN IRE
in yours. 1t will Ire night and there viii
come up cold wind from the Jordan. and
you must start. Will il lie It lone woman
on Il trackleSs noon All, no. Jesus will
come up in that hour and offer his hand,
and he will say: ''You stood 10y me when
you were we'll; now ! will lot desert vuu
when YOU are sick" one wave Of IHs
hand, and the storm will drop; and an
other wave Of His hand, and midnight
shall break into midnOon; and another
wave Of His hand aud the chamherlains
Of God will come down from the treasure
houses OF Heaven, with robes lustrous.
blood washed and Heaven glnttd. in which
you will array Yourself for the marriage
supper ofthe Lamb. And then with Miriam,
who struck the tilnhrel OF the Red Sea: and
flight; and with Hannah, who gave her
Samuel to the Lord; aud with Mary, who
rocked Jesus TO sleep while there were
angels singing in the air; aud with Flor
ence Nightingale, who bound up the battle
wounds Of the Crimea. you will from the
chalce of God drink to the SOUPS eternal
rescue.
One twilight, after | had been PLAYING
with the children EDr some time | laid
down ON the LOUNGE to rest. The children
said: "Play more" Children ALWAYS
want to play more. And, half ASLEEP. and
half awake, | seemed to dream this dream:
1t seemed to me that / was III II far-distaut
land--not Persia, although more than
oriental luxuriance crowned the cities:
nor the tropcs-aIthoug more than
tropical frutfulneSs filed the gardens:
nor Italy-aithOuEh more than italian
sottness filled the air. And | wandertd
| around, looking for thIrus aud
nettles, but found none Of them
| grew there. And | walked forth and
l saw the sun rise, and said: "N men will
! il set again" and the sun sank i,Ji. And
| ] saw all the people il, l:"i5daN apparel,
and said: "When viii the, pat uli work
| ingman's garb again, ant dcive in the
mine, aud swelter at the FORGE" But
neither the garments nor the robes did
they put Off. And | wandered in the
suburbs, and said: "Wherc do thev bury
| the dead of this great cts ~ and looked
along by the hills whore ii would Ice most
beautiful for the dead 20 sleep, and saw
| castles, and towns, n,It battltme.ts.